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Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3490, 6 November 1894, Page 4

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Vu.WaMo TimesOtfwc, Monday. ■ ■' AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Esam and Arthur's Wkkkly Keport.-Potatoes: Ordinary eating of last season's are selling at any price from £1 to £2, New sorts are coming in more freely, out at present prices are not so good as we anticipated ; the quality may, however, account for it, as the tubers are too small. The cereal market continues languid, and shows no signs of improvement. Butter coining forward so plentifully that prices are erratic. Hams and bacon : The market fluctuates somewhat, the Southern cure having a downward tendency. Fruit: .Supplies from the Auckland Fruitgrowers' Union have commenced, and the arrangements made seem to have given considerable satisfaction to the growers. Local fruit will not be plentiful for some time. Lemons show an improvement. Potatoes: Southern, £1 15b to £2; Waikatos, £'i. to £1 7s 6d ; new kidney, fd to ljd ; Shepherds, §d to fd ; small. Is tu Is Gd bag. Pumpkins, 3s; onions, 2d ; maize, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; oats, 2s; bacon, od to Oid ; harrs, sid "to GW ;• eggs, Gf-d to Sd ; butter, No. 1, sid to 6|d ; No. 2,4|d to ojd ; salt, 6|d to 7d; cheese, Uj\ to 4d ; loquats, l|d to %& .; lemons, 3}d to 7d dozen; gooseberries, 2|d to 3^d; tomatoes, 4fd to oid ; fowls, Is to Is 8d ; ducks, Is Id to Is oil Messrs Arthur Toohan and Co'? Wrekly Report. Business brisk in all lines, Fruit has sold under keen competition. Lemons, good, 4s to fis, ordinary cases, and small boxes 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; tomatoes, 4d to 8d;. gooseberries, fine, Farmer's Glory, 4d to 4|d, small, 2d to 2|d ; loqnats, to 3fd ; passion-fruit, Gd dozen; apples, Hobart, in bad order, 9s to 12s 9d ; Sydney oranges, in bal order, 3s 3d to 4s; mandarins, 10s; Sydney lemons, 2s Grl. Island fruit ex Corinna: Pities realised Gs to 12s ■3d; cocoamits, Ts Gd to 8s; peanuts. 3s; bananas, good 3* 3d to 4s 2d, poor 2s 3d to 2s od. Potatoes: Prime _ Waikato and Southern, £2 to £2 ss; inferior, £lss; new kidneys, Id tn l|d ; Shepherd's prime, : fd to Id; others, |d and at per bag; onions, ljdto2d; maize, 2s;.wheat, 3s;bran, 3s; sharps, 3s 3d ; chaff, £3 to £3los; pressed hay, £4los; oats, Is lid to 2s; pumpkins, 2s Gd to 3s 3d ; green peas, Is 2d to Is 8d ; rhubarb, good, 5s to Gs, Butter; Fresh, dairy, 6d to 7|d ; keg, dull, 7d ; Taranaki factory, 6dto Bd. Cheese.; New, 4gd to sd; old, 3d to section, 3s Gd to 4s; bacon, local, Gd to 7d; liams, 7d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, GAd to 7d ; hams, Sd. Poultry : Ordinary fowls, Is 2d to Is Gd ; extra,' Is Gd to Is lid ; roosters, Is 3d to 2s 6d ; chicks, lOd to Is; ducks, Is 4d to Is 9d ; turkeys, hens, 2s Od to os 3d; gobblers, 4s 3d to 8s 9d ; geese, 3s 3d ; to 3s 9d; duckling, 3d to.ls. Pigs, rough, small, Gs to 9s 3d ; good, 10s 3d to 15s 9d. . . . ■ , ~/• t ~..., Mr Alex. Aitken reports'for the week:; Potatoes: Southern, £1 os to £2; Waikato, i £lss to £llss. iPumpkins, ; 2s : 6d'td 3s Gd; carrots, Is 6d to 2s 7d; kumeras, Gs; onions,, l|d to 2d., New. potatoes: Kidney, Id to : l|d; Shepherd's,id to i|dj Early Rose, fd to Id; other lots, small, la to ls7d per, tag.; Peas) 8d : to Is Gd; beans, 7d to-fld; '< oats, Is Od to 2s Id; maize,.2s to 2sr3d; : wheat, 3s; sharps, 4s 6d; tran; 3s;'chaff,' £3 55.; pressed ■. hay,-45.,t0 4s Gd.. Butter: i Taranaki separator rolls, 9d to lOd; bulk, 7id to B|d; keg, .to 7|d*:' local fresh,! 4|d to 7id; keg,'(Sidtoßd. Eggs, 6.} d to ,Honey: Sectioni 4s Gd; bulk, 3id.' Bncon: Canterbury, 7d to 8U ; hams, 8d to 9sd. Local bacon, oid to %1, hams, 7d to 'Cheese: Loaves, SJ-d~ to Gd ; large ■ sizes, 4d to 5d.: Lard, to 5d -/dressed pork, 3|dto 4|d; hares, 10d to!2s 3d each; rabbits, Is Gd to 2h the pair. Fruit: Gooseberries, 2d to 3.4; d; loquats, l ; ] : d' to 3d ; lemons, 3s Gd to Gs; pines, 8s to 10s; passion fruit, 5d to 8d per.dozen; tomatoes, 3d to (id; local oranges, Gs to ;j cucumbers, 4s to 5s 3d per dozen. Vegetables: In heavy supply, at prices satisfactory to the vendors. Poultry: Roosters, Is 7d to2ssd; fowls, Is to Is 2d; turkeys (gobblers), 4s 3d to 15s; hens, 3s Gd to ; 5s 9d; gee'se,'3s 3d to 4s; ducks, Is to 3* 9d ; hens and broods, 2s Gd to 5s 3d; ducklings, 3d to Is; pigeon?, 4d to Is Id; canaries, 2s to9sGd. Pigs; B.estlots, 18s to 23s Gd; medium, 12s to: 17 8 3d. poor and suckers, 4s to Us 9d. HAWERA MARKETS. The Egmont' Farmers' Unioir (Limited) report under date : •Hawera, November Ist, 1894.-Wehad a very well attended sale at Stratford.on Friday the 20th ult., the yards being well Stocked with cattle mostly of the dairying class. Bidding was brisk throughout and good business done, but-owing to the dry weather tjien prevailing a few lines were turned put unsold which would not otherwise have been. We quote—3 to 4-year steers, £4 lis; 2 steers, £3 lis (•d; yearling steers, .£2 Is to £2 12s Gd ; yearling heifers, E2 to £2 7s 'fid; fat cows, £4l2sGd to £5; store cows. £2 17* lid 1 to £3 10s; dairy; cows, £4 10s to £G s*; springers, £4 to £0; 18-months to 2-year heifers, £2 15s to £3, Our monthly horse fair was held on Saturday the 27th ult,, when quite a large entry oi horses was submitted to auction, there being many useful ones amongst the number which sold well. Although the sale was well patronised, bidding was not so brisk as might have been for inferior classes of horses, though we managed to quit the bulk of our entry, but at prices a trfle under the reserves. We quote: Draughts, £l3 to £23; trap horses, .£7 to £1210s; hacks, up to £lllos. There waßafair entry of stock at the Okaiawa Yards on Tuesday the 30th ult. Though the attendance was good bidding was slow, but we succeeded in placing most of the stock before leaving the yards, We quote--2 to 2i-yerr steers, £3 10* Gd to £4 ft Gd; yearlings, £ll7s to £2 7s Od; springers, £4 5s to £slss; dairy cows, £3 15s to £5 ss; store cows, £2 17s (id to £3lss. We held our fortnightly sale in the Glover Road Yards, Hawera, on Wfdnesday the 31st ult.,' all the pens being well filled with itock. -Fat cattle were not so keenly com-

peted for, though other classes sold fairly well, but bidding was slack throughout, still in spite of this we placed a good number, all fat bullocks with the exception of ono pen being placed before leaving, but at a drop of about 5s per head. We quote :- Fat bullocks, £G to £0 7s (id ;' 2 to 3 year steers.. £3 3s Sd to £4 bV, yearling steers, £2 to £2 8s; yearling heifers, £1 19s to £2 ss; store cows, £3 to £3los; springers, £3 10s to £-115s, A Christchurch bullock, £ll 7s Od. Sheep; Woolly hoggets, OalOnd; shorn hoggets, 4s 2d; ewes and lambs, 9s.